Arbeitspapier
Real estate investors, the leverage cycle, and the housing market crisis
We explore a mostly undocumented but important dimension of the housing market crisis: the role played by real estate investors. Using unique credit-report data, we document large increases in the share of purchases, and subsequently delinquencies, by real estate investors. In states that experienced the largest housing booms and busts, at the peak of the market almost half of purchase mortgage originations were associated with investors. In part by apparently misreporting their intentions to occupy the property, investors took on more leverage, contributing to higher rates of default. Our findings have important implications for policies designed to address the consequences and recurrence of housing market bubbles.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Staff Report ; No. 514
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Banks; Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages
Consumer Protection
Housing Supply and Markets
- Thema
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mortgages
leverage
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Haughwout, Andrew
Lee, Donghoon
Tracy, Joseph
van der Klaauw, Wilbert
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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New York, NY
- (wann)
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2011
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
Datenpartner
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Haughwout, Andrew
- Lee, Donghoon
- Tracy, Joseph
- van der Klaauw, Wilbert
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Entstanden
- 2011